Airbus and European aviation safety regulators say an aircraft heavily used by commercial airlines around the world needs a software fix to address an issue that contributed to a sudden drop in altitu

Thousands of passenger planes are in need of an urgent update. Airbus has issued a major recall of A320 planes, warning intense solar storms could cause pilots to temporarily lose control.

Aviation safety regulators say an aircraft heavily used by commercial airlines around the world needs a software fix to address an issue that contributed to a sudden drop in altitude of a JetBlue plane last month.

Airbus SE cautioned that more than half of its active A320 jetliner family fleet will need a software fix after a recent incident involving a JetBlue Airways Corp. airliner revealed that “intense solar radiation” could corrupt data that helps maintain functioning flight controls.

Airlines across the world canceled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus SE software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season.

Major airlines face holiday disruptions as Airbus A320 aircraft require urgent software fixes, affecting American Airlines and Delta fleets nationwide.

An Airbus directive that ordered the immediate software update for 6,000 A320 planes has lead to flight disruptions around the world.